How useful are the well-known and hotly contested categories of “male brain” and “female brain”? Among experts, nobody really questions that anatomical sex differences in the brain exist. But since the advent of brain science, the scientific community has been divided over how many differences there are, which ones have been definitively proven, how large or small they are, and […]
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A Korean research team has reported important findings that could potentially improve the performance of retinal prostheses, creating artificial vision for blind individuals. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that a research team led by Dr. Maesoon Im of the Center for BioMicrosystems, Brain Science Institute had found that retinal neural signals arising from electric stimulation are […]
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Brazil surpassed a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday night, and five months after the first reported case the country has not shown signs of crushing the disease. The nation of 210 million people has been reporting an average of more than 1,000 daily deaths from the pandemic since late May and reported 905 for the latest […]
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The movement disorder affects the nervous system, so the first signs of the condition tends to appear in the body. This is because there’s a fall in dopamine levels in the brain. The brain is the master of movement, with the cerebellum – at the back of the brain – controlling balance, coordination and fine muscle control, as noted by […]
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A new study reveals how neurons in the gut wall relay sensory information to the spinal cord and brain, which may influence mood and well-being. The enteric nervous system (ENS) — sometimes referred to as the “second brain” — is the nervous system of the gut. It contains some 500 million neurons and controls important reflexes, such as peristalsis, the […]
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In England, there are about 2000 heat related deaths every year as a result of dehydration, overheating, and heat exhaustion or heatstroke. Overheating can exacerbate symptoms of heart conditions or conditions that cause breathing issues. Does this include asthma? Does hot weather affect asthma? Asthma sufferers might have noticed that their symptoms have flared up recently, with temperatures soaring as […]
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Back in 2010, Huw was blown away with shock that his father, Hywel, was on death’s door. Rushing off to visit him, Huw had to say his last goodbyes. “The consultant called me into a room and said, ‘I’ve got very bad news for you,’” Huw recalled. “‘Your father… he has cancer in the pancreas and the liver and it’s […]
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Racial disparities in the the U.S. coronavirus epidemic extend to children, according to two sobering government reports released Friday. One of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports looked children with COVID-19 who needed hospitalization. Hispanic children were hospitalized at a rate eight times higher than white kids, and Black children were hospitalized at a rate five times higher, […]
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When temperatures soar or one has a fever, it’s perfectly normal to sweat. However, sometimes sweating for no reason could be a major warning sign of something far more sinister. Sweating more than usual could in fact be a sign of heart problems and should not be ignored. Pumping blood through clogged arteries takes a lot more effort from the […]
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Preventing the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 is key to slowing the pandemic. People who have symptoms or who have suspected or known exposure to the virus, should practice self-quarantine or self-isolation. But what do the terms mean, and which should you do? Dr. Clayton T. Cowl, a pulmonologist and chair of Mayo Clinic’s Division of Preventive, Occupational […]
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